The enhancin-like metalloprotease from the Bacillus cereus group is regulated by the pleiotropic transcriptional activator PlcR but is not essential for larvicidal activity

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 260, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 9-16

  Hajaij Ellouze, Myriam ^a,b   Fedhila, Sinda ^a,d   Lereclus, Didier ^a   Nielsen LeRoux, Christina ^a,c  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^d University Tunis El Manar   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Bacillus cereus; Bacillus thuringiensis; Insect; PlcR; Virulence factor; Zinc metalloprotease

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; LARVICIDAL AGENT; METALLOPROTEINASE; PLCR PROTEIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; ENZYME REGULATION; GALLERIA MELLONELLA; GENE CONTROL; LARVA; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULON; VIRULENCE;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS CEREUS GROUP; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; GALLERIA MELLONELLA; INSECTA; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 33745026715     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2006.00289.x     Document Type: Article

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